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Sunday, April 9, 2017

Northernmost City in Norway

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Honningsvåg at 70° 58' N, in Nordkapp municipality, claims to be the northernmost city in Norway and even in the world.
It is situated at a bay on the southern side of Magerøya island, while the famous
North Cape and its visitors center is on the northern side, 45 minutes away.

The images to the right were from our previous visit to Honningsvåg, where we explored North Cape. We decided to explore the town instead this time. Our last visit had an interesting story associated with it. Read about it in this blog post: Funny Thing Happened on Way to Nordkapp

Colorful Buildings & Trolls

We arrived around lunchtime and had about 3 hours in port before sailing. It was a cold but gorgeous day, with blue skies and bright sunlight lighting our path as we walked along the snow-packed streets of town.

We did some window shopping and checked out the local market. We captured several images around town before purchasing some Norwegian souvenirs and returning to our ship.

Local inhabitants get around town using a
kicksled. The kicksled or spark is a small sled consisting of a chair mounted on a pair of flexible metal runners which extend backward to about twice the chair's length. The sled is propelled by kicking ("sparke" or "sparka" in the Scandinavian languages) the ground by foot. There is a handlebar attached to the top of the chair back.